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Angelina Jolie's new movie Maleficent looks really good. Not for the amazing special effects or the nice cast. But just for the fact that Jolie is starring in it. She is gorgeous. One of the big stars in Hollywood, it's pretty easy to say that Brad Pitt is one lucky guy...

Dame Dash took to Instagram to call out Funkmaster Flex again and this time he wasn't so nice. Read the caption below "Im just curious why @djfunkflex has so much to say about a person when he's on a mike on the radio but when I directly addressed him so we could publicly have a face to face conversation and he hasent said a word yet... @djfun...

In the latest installment of "Weezy Wednesday's" Lil Wayne travels to Cannes, France. Hitting up the annual film festival, Wayne shows off the beautiful city and puts on a performance accompanied by Lil Twist, Mack Maine, and Euro. Check it out below:

Riff Raff drops off the video for "How To Be The Man (Houston Remix)." Tapping Slim Thug and Paul Wall for the cut, all three rappers show off their Houston swag in the clip all the while showing off their home city. "How To Be The Man" appears on Riff Raff's Neon Icon LP due out June 24...

On this past Sunday there were a whole lot of superstars on that Summer Jam stage including Nicki Minaj. Her set was one of the most anticipated of the evening and she stacked the deck to deliver for the fans. Drake, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Lil Herb, and Soulja Boy joined her to make it a memorable night...

Amerigo Gazaway announced his project of combining Mos Def and Marvin Gaye a few months ago fittingly titled Yasiin Gaye. Today, Gazaway unleashes the second installment of his Soul Mates blend project, which gives more new mashups of the pair's songs...

Previously: T-Pain Sings The ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Theme T-Pain’s Auto-Tune By the Numbers T-Pain: “I Changed Music Completely” T-Pain Working On Auto-Tune Phone App

Jennifer Lopez made her triumphant return to her hometown, the Bronx, last night for a homecoming concert. The crowd, an estimated 25,000, was treated to continuous string of her hits like "Love Don't Cost A Thing", "If You Had My Love" and "Waiting for Tonight"...

Earlier this week, Houston based MC Lecrae announced via Twitter that he is releasing his seventh studio album, Anomaly, in August. After making the announcement with a tweet that read, "My name is Lecrae and my new album Anomaly drops August 2014," NFL player Justin Tuck and NBA player Jeremy Lin showed support of the album by sending out their own messages (as seen in the gallery above

The phenomenon that is the "Migos flow" has swept hip-hop as everyone from Drake to J.Cole has used some variation of the style. When 2 Chainz said that Migos got their flow from Three Six Mafia in an interview and on the Freebase EP song "Trap Back", the upstart MCs took offense and went after Chainz via Twitter. During an intervie...

Next up on XXL Freshmen 2014 invasion of Reddit’s Ask Me Anything Session is Jarren Benton. Benton answered fans questions about Funk Volume, his album and his appreciation for FV fans. Check out some selected Q&A’s from the AMA session. Who do you think is the best...

With Chicago's drill scene thriving more than ever, Bandman Kevo has been grinding hard to become the next talent to watch out for. Growing up in Chicago's southside area, Bandman has aligned himself with the likes of ZMoney and more to build his name...